Record-breaking heat and chance of thunderstorms on tap for Western Massachusetts

05.26.2010 | Photo by Greg Saulmon / The Republican | SPRINGFIELD - Early sun on Huntington Street, 6:11 a.m. The Pioneer Valley should see record warmth today.SPRINGFIELD – Soaring temperatures Wednesday afternoon will likely burn this date into the history books as a record high for Western Massachusetts.
Abc40 meteorologist Dan Brown said temperatures should hit the low 90s, breaking the 90 degree record set at Westover Air Reserve base in Chicopee back in 1965.
“We should break it by a couple of degrees,” Brown said of the May 26 record.
Western Massachusetts will have a chance for thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and an even greater chance for them on Thursday when temperatures dip back into the lower 80s, Brown said.
Friday should see more seasonable temperatures in the mid-70s, Brown said.